Refrigerator



(No Model.) l

B.S.PARS0N.

RBPRIGBRATOR.

No. 337,256. 'Patented Manz, 1886-.

"ww v Unirse Starts Fnfrnn'r @trice ENOCH S. FARSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

REFRIGERATOR.

@PEGIE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,256, dated March 2, 1886. Application tiled November 12, 1885. Serial No. 182,578. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ENooH S. FARsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Refrigerators, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so con struct a dining-room refrigerator that the ice- Water spigot and tumbler-holder, with which such a refrigerator is usually provided, will be inclosed and protected, the dislodging of the tumbler or drip-eup by contact with the dress of a person passing the refrigerator being prevented, and no chance being afforded for the opening of the spigot or for any meddling with the tumbler or drip-cup by children.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a diningroom refrigerator with my improvement; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the same on a larger scale; Fig. 3, a sectional plan of part of the same, and Fig. 4 a perspective View of the inner side ofthe closing-door shown in Fig. 2.

So far as the general construction of the refrigerator is concerned, it may be similar to any of those now in use, that shown in the drawings having provision-chambers on opposite'sides of a central ice-receptacle, A, which has the usual spigot, a,whereby the water may be drawn from the receptacle for drinking purposes. Usually this spigot projects from the front of the refrigerator, and the tu1nbler holder or drip-cup b below the spigot is earried by a projecting bracket, so that the tumbler d is liable to be knocked from the holder, or both tumbler and holder are liable to be dislodged by contact with the dress of a person passing the refrigerator, the contents of the tumbler and holder being spilled upon the carpet and the tumbler being liable to be broken by the fall. The spigot, moreover, is accessible to children, and an overliow is sometimes caused by reason of the spigot being left open or the tumbler overtilled. In order to overcome these objections, I form a recess, B, in the packed casing of the refrigerator, in

which recess is contained the spigot a and the tumbler-holder b and tumbler d, this recess being closed in front by a door, D,which may be provided with any suitable form of catch, whereby accidental opening of the same can be prevented. Meddling with the spigot and accidental dislodgment of the tumbler or holder are thus effectually prevented.

The spigot is such as to project somewhat beyond the face of the refrigerator, so as to facilitate the filling of a pit-cher or other vessel which cannot be introduced into the recess B; hence the door D has in the inner side a recess,f, for the reception of this projecting portion, and also for the projecting portion of the drip-cup or tumblenholder d.

The tumbler-holder is preferably detachable, so as to permit it to be readily emptied; but it may be a fixture, if desired.

I am aware that water-coolers have been provided with recessed spigot-chambers, and I therefore do not claim this feature broadly; but

I claim as my inventionl. A refrigerator having a recess formed in its packed casing for the reception of the spigot and tumbler, said recess being provided with a door, D, all substantially as specified.

2. The combination ol' the refrigerator having a recess, B, formed in its packed casing, the spigot and detachable tumbler-holder in said recess, and the door D, closing the front of the recess, all substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the refrigerator having in the front a recess for the reception of 'the spigot and tumbler-holder, with the closf ing-door D, recessed on the-inner side for the reception of a projecting portion ofsaid spigot, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereol'I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ENOCI-I S. FARSON.

Witnesses:

WM. F. Davis, HARRY SMITH. 

